Ruth Pollard

Middle East Correspondent Ruth Pollard has reported on the Arab revolutions, the battle against the Islamic State, tensions in the West Bank and Egypt's power struggle. Her job has taken her to Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia and beyond and in 2014 she won a Walkley Award for her coverage of the war in Gaza.

"You can hear the sounds of the attacks, it is all around us," Mohamed said, a day after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane over this border area following accusations it had violated Turkish airspace.

NATO is preparing to convene an emergency meeting in Brussels overnight as tensions between Turkey and Russia intensified after Turkey confirmed two of its F-16s downed a Russian fighter jet they said violated Turkish airspace.

They live in constant fear of the next attack, operating with little in the way of equipment or medication, often forced to turn out the lights at their hospital and work in darkness to avoid another bombing raid.

As the world comes to grips with the idea that Islamic State is determined to expand its reach well beyond Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group reportedly released a new video warning that the United States' capital was now in its sights.